Combined shirt and shorts



Jan. 8, 1935. B. F. HALL COMBINED SHIRT AND SHORTS Filed Oct. 4, 1935 m H. z e M a 5 Patented Jan. 8, 1935 1,987,009 7 p COMBINED SHIRT AND SHORTS I Blanche F. Hall, Kansas City, Mo. Application October '4, 1'9s3,""soria1 o. 692,184" 6 Claims. (Cl. 2- -I15) Q The invention relates to a combined shirt and shorts for boys. g i r .The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of .boys shirts and to prog vide a simple, practical and comparatively inexpensivev garment equipped with means for .preventing a shirt from working up out of the trousers when the latter 'are'supportedwith or without a belt and worn'without suspenders. e

A further object of theinvention is toprovide a shirt having two shorts-forming members .permanently connected atone end-to the back portion of a shirt and longitudinallytapered'and adjustably and detachably secured at their other end to the front portion of. the shirt to.form shorts with leg openings at the sides thereof and crossed intermediate of the ends to provide a closed crotch.

It is also an object of the invention to provide shorts-forming members adapted to securelyhold the shirt down and at the same time provide ample fullness of the garment at the leg openings. Another object of the invention is 'to provide n crossed shorts-forming members adapted'toibe readily spread apart when required and capable of normally remaining injclosedno verlapp'ed relation'to provide practically av completely closed garment -:between the .outerzsi-de 'edges of, the

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1 r With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts -hereinafter fully described, "illustrated in the accom- -panying drawing and pointed out in the claims rious changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction, withinthe scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing:-

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a shirt constructed in accordance with this invention, the 45 shorts-forming members being detachably secured together at their front orfree ends and adjustably and detachably connected to the front portion of the shirt. I

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the lower portion of the shirt, the shorts-forming members being detached from the front of the shirt.

Fig. 3 is a similar view with the front portion of the shirt broken away to show the full length of the shorts-forming members.

Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the lower poradults. The shirt is provided with two; shortsforming members 4 and 5 tapered longitudinally and permanently connected at their'larger- ,;ends [to theback portion 3 of the shirt at ,the .w aist upairs of buttons 12 and 13 are preferably prohereto appended, it being understood that va-Y front portion Ofthe s r a i Q wthea 14 and each of the members consists of two tion of the shirt, the parts being arrangedi as illustrated in Fig. 2.5 I In-the accompanying drawing in-whichisillustrated the preferred embodiment of -':the invention, 1 designates a shirt composed-of front and '15 'rearportions 2 and '3 of the usual; construction, and while the shirt is designed particularlyvfor the use of boys, the garment:may,1of;course, be made of any desired size to fit either boys or line by beingstitched to the sameh -The members 4 and 5 which are relativelywide g attheir .15

inner largerends are overlapped and arecrossed adjacent their free smallerends andyare preferablydetachably connected at such point Or -crossing by means-of a button-6 carried-by thermomber and-a .buttonhole -'7 formed in the member 4. The overlapping and the crossing ;.of the smaller ends of the members formaciosed crotch which is maintained securely closed when-the garment is-in use. 'The free ends 8 and Byofgthe members 4 and 5 are provided with buttonholes 10 and ll which are adapted to engage buttons 12 and 13 arranged-inpairs, as clearly illustrated in-Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing. Two,sets or videdbut, any number of sets may-,-;of;course, be

employed-and any other suitable means may. be

provided for detachably securing thefree ends of the members to'the front-portionof,;the.shirt.

. The buttons 12 and 13- are located centrally of linetand they permit the size of the shortsformed by thesaid members to be varied. Thesmaller ends of the members are reinforced to provide substantially triangular tab-like portions 14 and pieces 15 and 16 having their. adjacent edges I 17 and 18 cut on a bias and stitched together. The outer edge 19 of the piece 15 is straight and the outer edge 20 of the piece 16 is curved to provide the desired width ofthe shorts at the back. Each outer piece 16 of the members 4 and 5 is provided at its outer edge with an inwardly tapered transversely disposed gusset 21 extending inwardly from the outer edge of the section 16 and tapered inwardly and adapted to provide a fullness of the garment at the leg openings formed by loopingthe members 4 and 5, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing, to provide the shorts.

The shorts-forming members are adapted to hold the shirt down and there will be no liability of the tail of the shirt working out of the, trousers and this difliculty with boys shirts will be entirely eliminated. The front portion of the shirt is provided with extensions 22 which cooperate with the said members in the formation 1 of the shorts, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. The garment consisting of the combined shirt and shorts is easily andquickly applied to a person and readilyremoved. The legs of the wearer extend through the side openings 23 formed by the members 4 and 5 and the extensions 22 of the front portion 3 of the shirt,

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to overlap the major portion of their width to form a closed crotch and adapted-to hold the front and back portions of the shirt down in proper position. I I

2. In a garment of the class described, the combination with thefront and rear portions of a" shirt, of two shorts-forming members overlapped and crossed and permanently connected to the rear portion of the shirt adjacent the waist-line and detachably secured at their free ends to the front portionof the shirt, each shortsforming member" being separate from the other to the point where they are permanently se- "cured to the shirt and being sunlc'iently wide to overlap the major portion of their width to form aclosed crotch and adapted to hold the'front and back portions of the shirt down in proper position. 7

3. In a garment of the class described, the combination with the front and rear portions of ashirt, of two longitudinally taperedshortsforming members extending at their widej'ends from the rear portion of the shirt and overlapped and crossed, each shorts-forming member being separate from the other tof the'rear portion of the shirt where they are cdnnecte'd withthe same and being suiiiciently wide'to overlap the major portion of their widthto form a closed crotch'and each of said members being composed of two longitudinal pieces arran ed sideby side and having their adjacent edges cut on a bias and secured together, the marginal ing the tabs to the front portion of the shirt.

being curved and the other marginal edge of the member being straight, and meansfor detachably securing the free ends of the members'to the front portion of the shirt. I

4. In a garment of the class described, the combinationwith the front and .rear portions 'of a shirt, of two longitudinally tapered shorts-forming members permanently connected at their wide endsto the rear portion ofatheshirt and overlapped and crossed, each shorts-forming member being separate from the other to a point edge of the member at the side of the garment where they are permanently] connected to the- 1 back ofthe shirt, and being suificiently wide to overlap themajor portion of, their width to form a closed crotch and each member having a curved marginal edge located at the side ofja garment, the other marginal edge of the member being straight, inwardly tapered gussets secured in the members intermediate the ends thereof and extending transversedly of the same from thecurved marginal edges thereof to increase the fullness of the shorts, and means for detachably securingthe free ends of the members to the front portion of the shirt.

5. In a garment of the class described, the combination with thefront and rear portions of'a shirt, of two shorts-forming members over-. lapped andcrossed and extending from therear portion ofthe shirt, each shorts-forming member being separate from the other to the point where they are permanently connected to the rear portion of the shirtand being sufiiciently wide 'to overlap the major portion of theirwidth to form i a closed crotch, the free ends of the said members having triangular shaped reenfor'cing tabs provided with means for detachably connecting the free ends of the members to the front of the shirt.

combination with the front and rear portions of a shirt, or two shorts-forming members overlapped'and crossed and permanently connected at one end to the rear portion ,of the shirt,each shorts-forming member being separate from the other tothe point where they :are" permanently connected-to the shirt and being sufficiently wide to overlap the major portion of their 'width to form a closed crotch andadapted to hold the front and back portions of ithejshirt' thereon in Y proper position, the free ends of'th'e members1being provided with triangular shaped reenforcing tabs, means for detachably securing the tabs'toa gether, and spaced means. for detachably secur- BLANCHE F.

6. In a garment of the class described the 

